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Monday, September 15, 2008

Land of the Suns

Phoenix smells of mayo and everyone is sunburned and has a shaved head.

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The Books I Read

245. "Bone Clocks," by David Mitchell -- 10/24/14
244. "American Gods," by Niel Gaiman
243. "My Struggle Pt. 2," by Karl Ove Knausgaard
242. "The Magicians Land," by Lev Grossman
241. Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha," by Roddy Doyle
240. "The Shadow of the Wind," by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
239. "My Struggle," by Karl Ove Knausgaard
238. "Chang and Eng," by Darin Strauss -- 3/14/14
237. "The Orphan Master's Son," by Adam Johnson -- 3/1/14
236. "Pistol, the Life of Pete Maravich", by Mark Kriegel -- 2/21/14
235. "The Flamethrowers," by Rachel Kushner -- 2/15/14
234. "This Is the Story of A Happy Marriage," by Ann Patchett -- 2/3/14
233. "Troubling Love," by Elena Ferrante -- 1/21/14
232. "David and Goliath," by Malcolm Gladwell -- 1/14/14
231. "Wool," by Hugh Howey -- 1/7/14
230. "Pulphead," by John Jeremiah Sullivan -- 1/3/14
229. "How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia," by Moshin Hamid 12/26/13
228. "& Sons," by David Gilbert -- 12/19/13
227. "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P," by Adelle Waldman -- 11/19/13
221. "Oscar and Lucinda," by Peter Carey -- 9/19/13
220. "Stoner," by John Williams -- 9/15/13
219. "The Dew Breaker," by Edwidge Danticat -- 9/10/13
218. "The Village," by John Strausbaugh - 9/4/13
217. "Claire of the Sea Light," by Edwidge Danticat -- 9/2/13
216. "A Dance With Dragons," by George R.R. Martin -- 8/30/13
215. "Rules of Civility," by Amor Towles -- 8/18/13
214."Empire Falls," by Richard Russo -- 8/10/13
213. "A Feast for Crows," by George R.R. Martin -- 7/28/13
212. "The Namesake," by Jhumpa Lahiri -- 7/4/13
211. "Office Girl," by Joe Meno -- 6/30/13
210. "Ask the Dust," by John Fante -- 6/25/13
209. "Big Sur," by Jack Kerouac -- 6/12/13
208. "The Newlyweds," by Nell Freudenberger -- 6/2/13
207. "The Confessions of Nat Turner," by William Styron - 5/28/13
206. "The Picture of Dorian Gray," by Oscar Wilde -- 5/16/13
205. "Ghana Must Go," by Taiye Selasi -- 5/7/13
204. "The Elders," by Ryan McIlvain -- 5/5/13
203. "A Storm of Swords," by George R.R. Martin -- 4/28/13
202. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank," by Nathan Englander -- 4/17/13
201. "Patagonia," by Bruce Chatwin -- 4/16/13
200. "The Bone People," by Keri Hulme -- 4/8/13
199. "Clash of Kings," by George R.R. Martin -- 3/20/13
198. Vampires in the Lemon Grove," by Karen Russell -- 3/14/13
197. "Game of Thrones," by George R.R. Martin -- 3/7/13
196. "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," by Thomas Hardy -- 2/27/13
195. "In the Garden of Beasts," by Erik Larson -- 2/10/13
194. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen -- 2/5/13
193. "That Night," by Alice McDermott -- 1/30/13
192. "In Persuasion Nation," by George Saunders -- 1/21/13
191. "In Defense of Food," by Michael Pollan -- 1/19/13
190. "Fortress of Solitude," by Jonathon Letham -- 1/14/13
189. "Daniel Fights a Hurricane," by Shane Jones -- 12/24/12
188. "Salt," by Mark Kurlansky--12/20/12
187. "Independence Day," by Richard Ford--12/6/12
186. "Arcadia," by Lauren Groff -- 11/14/12
185. "Leaving Atocha Station," by Ben Lerner -- 11/7/12
184. "The Passage," by Justin Cronin -- 11/6/12
183. "The Round House," by Louise Erdrich -- 11/7/12
182. "The Orchardist," by Amanda Coplin -- 10/19/12
181. "Long for This World," by Michael Byers -- 10/10/12
180. "Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island," by Peter Rudiak Gould -- 9/25/12
179. "All the Pretty Horses," by Cormac McCarthy -- 9/15/12
178. "Ablutions," by Patrick DeWitt -- 9/9/12
177. "Mockingjay," by Suzanne Collins -- 9/8/12
176. "The Coast of Good Intentions," by Michael Byers -- 9/6/12
175. "Catching Fire," by Suzanne Collins -- 9/4/12
174. "A Hologram for the King," by Dave Eggers -- 9/1/12
173. "The Yiddish Policeman's Union," by Michael Chabon -- 8/26/12
172. "Salvage the Bones," by Jesmyn Ward -- 8/16/12
171. "This Is How You Lose Her," by Junot Diaz -- 8/6/12
170. "The Hunger Games," by Suzanne Collins -- 8/1/12
169. "State of Wonder," by Ann Patchett -- 7/30/12
168. "All The Sad Young Literary Men," by Kieth Gessen -- 7/22/12
167. "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" (again) by Michael Chabon -- 7/8/12
166. "The Lazarus Project," by Aleksandar Hemon -- 6/21/12
165. "NW," by Zadie Smith -- 6/18/12
164. "A Working Theory Of Love," by Scott Hutchins--6/9/12
163. "The Broom of the System," by David Foster Wallace -- 6/2/12
162. "Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story," by D.T. Max -- 5/25/12
161. "The Sensualist," by Daniel Torday -- 5/17/12
160. "An Evening of Long Goodbyes," by Paul Murray -- 5/10/12
159. "Wild," by Cheryl Strayed -- 5/1/12
158. "A Walk In the Woods," by Bill Bryson -- 4/20/12
157. "A Man Came Out of A Door In the Mountain," by Adrianne Harun -- 4/12/12
156. "To A God Unknown," by John Steinbeck -- 4/3/12
155. "The Sportswriter," by Richard Ford -- 3/29/12
154. "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers," by Katherine Boo -- 3/20/12
153."Telegraph Avenue," by Michael Chabon -- 3/12/12
152. "A Confederacy of Dunces," by John Kennedy Toole -- 2/29/12
151."To the End of the Land," by David Grossman -- 2/17/12
150."The Fault In Our Stars," by John Green -- 2/1/12
149."The Sojourn," by Andrew Krivak -- 1/25/12
148."From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant," by Alex Gilvarry -- 1/22/12
147."Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell -- 1/13/12
146."Moby Dick, or The Whale," by Herman Melville -- 1/6/12
145."Lonesome Dove," by Larry McMurtry -- 1/2/12
144."The Sisters Brothers," by Patrick deWitt -- 12/20/11
143. "The Last Repatriate," by Matthew Salesses --12/10/11
142. "Train Dreams," by Dennis Johnson --12/5/11
141. "The Office of Mercy," -- 12/2/11
140. "True Grit," by Charles Portis -- 11/28/11
139. "Fame and Exile of the..." -- 11/26/11
138. "We The Animals," by Justin Torres -- 11/11/11
137. "Waiting For The Barbarians," by J.M. Coetzee -- 11/20/11
136. "The Wandering Falcon," by Jamil Ahmad--11/3/11
135. "How Did You Get This Number," by Sloan Crosley--11/1/11
134. "One Day I Will Write About This Place," by Binyavanga Wainaina -- 10/26/11
133. "Necessary Errors," by Caleb Crain -- 10/19/11
132. "Sophie's Choice," by William Styron -- 10/4/11
131. "Tinkers," by Paul Harding -- 9/28/11
130. "The Submission," by Amy Waldman -- 9/21/11
129. "The Adults," by Alison Espach -- 9/15/11
128. "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness," by Alexandra Fuller -- 9/11/11
127. "On Canaan's Side," by Sebastian Barry -- 9/8/11
126. "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet," by David Mitchell -- 9/5/11
125. "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien -- 8/27
124. "When Captain Flint Was Still A Good Man," by Nick Dybek -- 8/23/11
123. "Steel," by Silvia Avallone--8/21/11
122. "Life," by Keith Richards--8/18/11
121. "Elect Mr. Robinson For a Better World," by Donald Antrim--8/12/11
120. "Super Sad True Love Story," by Gary Shteyngart -- 8/8/11
119. "Indecision," by Benjamin Kunkel -- 8/3/11
118. "Bright's Passage," by Josh Ritter -- 7/28/11
117. "The Marriage Plot," by Jeffrey Eugenides -- 7/23/11
116. "The Natural," By Bernard Malamud -- 7/15/11
115. "The Magician King," by Lev Grossman -- 7/9/11
114. "The Bin Ladens," by Steve Coll -- 6/24/11
113. "The Cat's Table," by Michael Ondaatje -- 6/21/11
112. "Bird by Bird," by Anne Lamott -- 6/16/11
111. The Unchangeable Spots of the Leopard," by Kristopher Jansma -- 6/10/11
110. "The Art of Fielding," by Chad Harbach -- 6/5/11
109. "Say Her Name," by Fransisco Goldman -- 5/29/11
108. "Caribou Island," by David Vann -- 5/20/11
107. "A Visit From the Goon Squad," by Jennifer Egan -- 5/15/11
106. "The Yard," by Alex G. -- 5/12/11
105. "The Paris Review #196" -- 5/10/11
104. "The Lover's Dictionary," by David Levithan -- 5/5/11
103. "The Tiger's Wife," by Tea Obreht -- 5/1/11
102. "The Omnivore's Dilemma," by Michael Pollan -- 4/28/11
101. "Wonder Boys," by Michael Chabon -- 4/12/11
100. "Cloud Atlas," by David Mitchell 4/7/11
99. "A Novel," by Shalom Auslander -- 3/30/11
98. "Never Let Me Go," by Kazuo Ishiguro -- 3/27/11
97. "Madam Bovary," by Gustav Flaubert -- 3/20/11
96. "The Year of the Hare," by Arto Paasilinna -- 3/12/11
95. "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self," by Danielle Evans -- 3/9/11
94. "Paths of Glory," by Humphrey Cobb --3/5/11
93. "The Fates Will Find Their Way," by Hanna Pittard -- 2/24/11
92. "Ten Thousand Saints," by Eleanor Henderson -- 2/21/11
91. "The Ask," by Sam Lipsyte -- 2/15/11
90. "You Are Free," by Danzy Senna -- 2/10/11
89. "Rabbit at Rest," by John Updike -- 2/7/11
88. "The Path of Minor Planets," by Andrew Sean Greer -- 1/24/11
87. "The Magicians," by Lev Grossman -- 1/13/11
86. "The Imperfectionists," by Tom Rachman -- 1/5/11
85. "The Borrower," by Rebecca Makkai -- 12/30/10
84. "The Surrendered," by Chang-rae Lee -- 12/5/10
83. "You Lost Me There," by Rosecrans Baldwin -- 11/27/10
82. "The Russian Debutaunte's Handbook," by Gary Shteyngart -- 11/23/10
81. "Light Boxes," by Shane Jones -- 11/18/10
80. "Everything Ravaged, Every Burned," by Wells Tower -- 11/10/10
79. "Skippy Dies," by Paul Murray -- 11/8/10
78. "Great House," by Nicole Krauss -- 10/31/10
77. "Talk Talk," by T.C. Boyle -- 10/21/10
76. "The War for Late Night," by Bill Carter -- 10/17/10
75. "Oh Play That Thing," by Roddy Doyle -- 10/13/10
74. "A Star Called Henry," by Roddy Doyle -- 10/4/10
73. "Everything Matters!" by Ron Currie Jr -- 9/28/10
72. "Freedom," by Jonathon Franzen -- 9/23/10
71. "Toxicology"
70. "Lake of Dreams," by Kim Edwards -- 8/24/10
69. "How to Read the Air," by Dinaw Mengestu -- 8/22/10
68. "Beatrice and Virgil," by Yann Martel -- 8/20/10
67. "The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint," by Brady Udall -- 8/18/10
66. "His Illegal Self," by Peter Caray -- 8/12/10
65. "Sometimes a Great Notion," by Ken Kesey -- 8/7/10
64. "Memories of My Melancholy Whores," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- 7/16/10
63. "Sag Harbor," by Colson Whitehead -- 7/15/10
62. "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It," by Maile Meloy -- 7/13/10
61. "Mr. Pip," by Lloyd Jones -- 7/11/10
60. "The World According to Garp," by John Irving -- 7/9/10
59. "Juneteenth," by Ralph Ellison -- 7/2/10
58. "The Lonely Polygamist," by Brady Udall -- 6/11/10
57. "Matterhorn," by Karl Marlantes -- 5/30/10
56. "Shadow Tag," by Louis Eldrich -- 5/22/10
55. "Rabbit is Rich," by John Updike -- 5/10/10
54. "So Much for That," by Lionel Shriver -- 4/6/10
53. "Rabbit Redux," by John Updike -- 3/30/10
52. "Bill Warrington's Last Chance," by James King -- 3/12/10
51. "Pyongyang," by Guy Delisle -- 3/8/10
50. "Rabbit, Run," by John Updike -- 3/7/10
49. "Caramelo," by Sandra Cisneros -- 2/28/10
48. "The Poorhouse Fair," by John Updike -- 2/9/10
47. "Outliers," by Malcom Gladwell -- 1/31/10
46. "The Museum of Innocence," by Orhan Pamuk --1/27/10
45. "The Stone Diaries," by Carol Sheilds -- 1/7/10
44. "The Monsters of Templeton," by Lauren Graff -- 12/25/09
43. "Last Night in Twisted River," by John Irving -- 12/15/09
42. "The Corrections," by Jonathon Franzen -- 11/26/09
41. "Tree of Smoke," by Dennis Johnson -- 11/15/09
40. "Let the Great World Spin," by Colum McCann -- 10/31/09
39. "The Children's Hospital," by Chris Adrian -- 10/22/09
38. "The Burma Chronicles," by Guy Delisle -- 9/21/09
37. "The Best American Short Stories of 2008," Edited by Salman Rushdie -- 9/15/09
36. "How Fiction Works," by James Wood -- 8/31/09
35. "Olive Kitteridge," by Elizabeth Strout -- 8/9/09
34. "God is Dead," by Ron Currie Jr. -- 7/25/09
33. "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," by Andrew Sean Greer -- 7/15/09
32. "The Story of a Marriage," by Andrew Sean Greer -- 6/21/09
31. "Say You're One of Them," by Uwem Akpan -- 6/18/09
30. "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," by Michael Chabon -- 6/12/09
29. ""Everything is Illuminated," by Jonathan Safran Foer -- 6/9/09
28. ""The Wayward Bus," by John Steinbeck -- 6/5/09
27. "Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and Selections from The House of the Dead," by Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- 6/2/09
26. "Middlesex," by Jeffrey Eugenides -- 5/27/09
25. "The Winter of Our Discontent," by John Steinbeck -- 5/15/09
24. "White Teeth," by Zadie Smith -- 5/8/09
23. "Man Walks Into a Room," by Nicole Krauss -- 5/3/09
22. "The History of Love," by Nicole Krauss -- 4/25/09
21. "Zoology," by Ben Dolnick -- 4/18/09
20. "Disgrace," by J.M. Coetzee -- 4/12/09
19. "Little Bee," by Chris Cleave -- 4/6/09
18. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," by Junot Diaz -- 4/2/09
17. "What is the What," by Dave Eggers -- 3/26/09
16. "Drown," by Junot Diaz --3/18/09
15. "Brief Encounters With Che Guevara," by Ben Fountain -- 3/16/09
14. "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov -- 2/24/09
13. "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," by Michael Chabon -- 2/10/09
12. "The Little Book," by Selden Edwards -- 1/21/09
11. "Bowl of Cherries," by Millard Kaufman -- 1/9/09
10. "The Kingdom of God is Within You," by Leo Tolstoy -- 12/29/08
9. "The Sound of Butterflies," by Rachel King -- 12/12/08
8. "Hero of a Thousand Faces," by Joseph Campbell -- 12/08/08
7. "The Boat," by Nam Le -- 11/30/08
6. "Captain Jack - Modoc Renegade," by Doris Palmer Payne -- 11/20/08
5. "Water For Elephants," by Sara Gruen -- 11/17/08
4. "A Better Angel," by Chris Adrien -- 11/10/08
3. "Galapagos," by Kurt Vonnegut -- 11/6/08
2. "The River Why," by David James Duncan -- 11/2/08
1. "On Beauty," by Sadie Smith -- 10/13/08
134. "One Day I Will Write About This Place," by Binyavanga Wainaina -- 10/26/11
133. "Necessary Errors," by Caleb Crain -- 10/19/11
"The Wandering Falcon," by Jamil Ahmad--11/3/11
135. "How Did You Get This Number," by Sloan Crosley--11/1/11
145."Lonesome Dove," by Larry McMurtry -- 1/2/12
144."The Sisters Brothers," by Patrick deWitt -- 12/20/11
168. "All The Sad Young Literary Men," by Kieth Gessen -- 7/22/12
190. "Fortress of Solitude," by Jonathon Letham -- 1/14/13
222. "In the Heart of the Sea," by Nathaniel Philbrick -- 9/25/13
223. "Dissident Gardens," by Jonathan Lethem -- 10/5/13
224. "West of Here," by Jonathan Evison -- 10/14/13
225. "The Interestings," by Meg Wolitzer -- 11/2/13
226. "Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Book I: My Father Bleeds History," by Art Spiegelman -- 11/8/13

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